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My Profile Top News Reuters top ten news stories delivered to your inbox each day. Subscribe You are here: Home > News > Entertainment > Article Home Business & Finance News U.S. Politics International Technology Entertainment Film Music People Television Arts Industry Sports Lifestyle Oddly Enough Health Science Special Coverage Video Pictures Your View The Great Debate Blogs Weather Reader Feedback Do More With Reuters RSS Widgets Mobile Podcasts Newsletters Your View Make Reuters My Homepage Partner Services CareerBuilder Affiliate Network Professional Products Support (Customer Zone) Reuters Media Financial Products About Thomson Reuters Michelle Moran mixes love of history with writing Wed Sep 30, 2009 11:51am EDT Email | Print | Share | Reprints | Single Page [-] Text [+] SYDNEY (Reuters) - Michelle Moran never had any doubts what she wanted to be in life -- a writer. From the age of 12, Moran was writing to agents and publishers and had written 12 novels by the time she turned 18. But with her 13th novel, she got lucky, and "Nefertiti" was published in 2006 to good sales, which she followed up with "The Heretic Queen," cementing herself in the historical novel genre. Moran's third novel, "Cleopatra's Daughter," has just been released, giving voice to Selene, the only daughter of Cleopatra and Marc Antony who finds herself at the mercy of Caesar Augustus after the death of her parents. Moran, who worked as a high school teacher for six years before writing fulltime from her home in California, told Reuters about her writing and love of history and archaeology: Q: Did you really start writing at 12? A: "Oh, before that but I started approaching agents when I was 12. I did get some very kind letters of encouragement as I included my age and that really kept me going. I got my first book deal when I was in college but it was published in Germany and I could never actually read it." Q: How did you get interested in archaeology? A: "It all started when I was in Anthropology 101 and the professor asked if would anyone would be interested in volunteering for an archaeology dig (in Israel) and I said yes, thinking of Indiana Jones. When I got there it was a shock as they gave us a pick axe and we started digging. I found out I would rather dig through history with a pen." Q: Do you still go on digs? A: "Yes. I love the discovery, the fact that you are touching something that hasn't been touched for 2,000 years and everything you find has a story behind it." Q: Where do you get your ideas from? A: "It really is always a moment of inspiration. For "Nefertiti," it started with a visit to her bust in Berlin and I just I wanted to know her story. It was a similar story for "Cleopatra's Daughter." I was doing an underwater dive to see the lost city of Alexandria and you see over 10,000 artifacts down there. As soon as I came up I had to know more about Cleopatra and as soon as I discovered what her daughter had lived through, I had to tell her story." Q: Do readers mind you taking liberties with history? A: "People don't mind as long as you say that in the author's note. For "Nefertiti" for example, she had to go through six births with girl after girl and I just could not do it anymore, so I said she had twins instead. There are only so many repetitive scenes you can write. With "Cleopatra's Daughter," I have a very meaty author's note of well over 5 pages." Q: You sound like you get involved with the characters? Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! 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